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Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by snowwrestler on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:33PM (#13346449)
Why did the article say it was a heat signature? I thought heat looked white to an IR sensor, and cold looked black.

EDIT: thank you to the informative replies below!

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Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by kowdermeister on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:41PM (#13346499)
They usually invert it to have a better contrast against the background.
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Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by FoeNyx on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:46PM (#13346522)
In fact the video shows the 'inverted' mode at some point. https://youtu.be/NkUTGpegZN0?t=363
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Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by Gracana on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:40PM (#13346489)
It could be set up as "black hot."
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